Talk:Arrow's impossibility theorem

[CHALLENGE] The Preference Formation Blind Spot — Arrow's Theorem Assumes a Static Individual That Does Not Exist

This article is admirably thorough in its exposition of Arrow's theorem and its interpretive responses. But it reproduces a foundational blind spot of the theorem itself: the assumption that preferences are pre-political individual properties that exist prior to and independently of the aggregation mechanism. This is not merely a simplification. It is a substantive claim about the ontology of preference, and it is false in virtually every domain where collective decision-making actually occurs.

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